Tag: Elected

India elected to UN human rights body

UNITED NATIONS: India was elected to the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHCR) on Friday, The Times of India reported. India received 188 votes in...

Pakistan elected to IAEA’s board of governors

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has once again been elected as a member of board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for the next two...

Imran Khan first ever PM who was elected, not selected: Shujaat

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) President and former prime minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Friday said that Imran Khan was the first prime minister who...

Pakistan elected to UN body with overwhelming support

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan was elected today to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for a three-year term starting January 1, 2019, during elections...

Nawaz warns of anarchy if elected PMs are imprisoned, forced into...

--Accountability court dismisses deposed PM’s plea for weeklong exemption from hearing --Nawaz to return on Sunday --Judge entertains NAB's plea, summons new witness on April 23    ISLAMABAD: Former...

Anwaar-ul-Haq elected as LHCBA president

LAHORE: Independent Group's candidate Anwaar-ul-Haq Pannu was elected as the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) president on Saturday. He defeated Professional Group's, led by Hamid...

Mexico presidential favourite repeats call to review oil contracts if elected

MEXICO CITY: The leading candidate for Mexico’s presidential election, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador reiterated on Thursday his pledge to review oil contracts if elected,...

Pakistan elected to UNIDO policy-making bodies

Pakistan has been elected to the main policy-making organs of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) during the 17th Session of the General...

NA speaker elected to Commonwealth speakers’ standing committee

  National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has been unanimously elected as Asia’s representative to the 54-member Commonwealth’s Standing Committee. Sadiq’s election was conducted at the...

Yet again on PML-N ticket: Wire thief elected councillor

  A PML-N general councillor from Lahore has turned out to be a thief. According to a private media outfit, Waris Shah was elected general councillor...

KP Assembly set to elect CM today

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly is scheduled to elect the province’s chief minister today. Governor Shaukatullah will administer oath of office to the new chief...

Office bearers of SJAL elected

The election of nSports Journalists Association of Lahore (SJAL) were held here on Thursday and Syed Ali Hashmi was elected as President and Ashraf...

Mohamed al-Megaryef elected to head Libya assembly

Libya's newly empowered top legislative body elected as its president late on Thursday a veteran opponent of Moamer Kadhafi's ousted regime who is seen...

Austere growth?

The German government’s reaction to newly elected French President François Hollande’s call for more growth-oriented policies was to say that there should be no...

Non-elected politicians can’t take parliament hostage: Gilani

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Tuesday said he did not take PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif’s threats seriously, as politicians who were not elected...

Nayyar Bukhari elected Senate chairman

Syed Nayer Hussain Bukhari has been elected as Chariman Senate and Sabir Baloch as Deputy Chairman Senate unopposed on Monday. No other candidate filed nomination...

Shahbaz to lead PML-N in Punjab

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif was elected president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Punjab unopposed in the general council meeting on Monday. No other...